A California bill concerning employee rights and issues will be reviewed by the State Senate this week, The New York Times reported. Voting will take place next week, and if passed, the new law would require e-commerce giant Amazon to conduct several vital changes. The legislation under the name AB-701, which passed the State Assembly earlier […]
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The retail and cloud giant is offering $10 in credit if you enroll your palm print in its checkout-free stores and link it to back to your profile. Amazon introduced its new biometric palm print scanners, Amazon One, last year. Customers were able to purchase their desired products in specific stores by waving their palm prints over one of these scanners. By February, the company branched out its palm scanners […]
Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) penalized on July 16 e-commerce titan Amazon with a roaring $888 million fine over allegations of violating EU’s data protection laws. The decision came against Amazon Europe Core under the pretense that Amazon is processing customer personal data. The verdict is based on a 2018 complaint by French […]
Amazon displays a lenient approach towards digital currencies as a new job listing was posted on Friday on the e-commerce site seeking a digital currency and blockchain specialist to lead its payments team. As one of the biggest e-commerce companies in the world, Amazon is responsible for securing some of the widest transactions through various […]
E-commerce titan Amazon payed Facebook an undisclosed fee as part of its latest acquisition, terminating Facebook’s efforts to deliver internet connectivity. Amazon acquiring Facebook’s employees initiates the beginning of its plan to provide internet connectivity from low Earth orbit satellites, The Information reports. Back in April, Facebook’s team was added to Amazon’s 500-person group which […]
Amazon’s AI-powered HR workforce suffered a malfunction on Monday, leading to it mistakenly firing a number of its Flex drivers, as the company’s independent contractors are placed under the control of a questionable system. Amazon Flex is a new Amazon service allowing individuals to deliver products. The e-commerce giant initiated the program back in 2015 […]